' 60's Child ' (Julio M. de la Mata), HOME PAGE

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

THEY GUARD OVER US WITH LOVE

HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD

MAYAN ARTIFACT

LOOK FAMILIAR?

PLEASE, PROCEED FIRST TO MY 'ODYSSEY' PAGE, AND THEN TO MY 'CONTACT' PAGE, WHERE AFTER ENJOYING VISUAL NARRATIVE YOU MAY READ MY WRITTEN ARTICLE.

'Odyssey' Page: ODYSSEY TO A HIGHER 'PLAIN' OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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'Contact' Page: CONTACT WITH REALITY

Thank you!!

60's Child

MINIMUM GOVERNMENT, MAXIMUM FREEDOM

MISPLACED PRIORITIES

THIS SPACE WAS OCCUPIED FOR DAYS WITH THE IMAGE OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S BEST SELLING THRILLER ALBUM, A GREAT ALBUM INDEED. A GREAT ENTERTAINER, BUT HARDLY THE GREATEST EVER PASSED AWAY, NO MORE, NO LESS. LET'S REMEMBER HIS MUSIC AND HIS INCREDIBLE TALENT. BUT PLEASE, STOP GLORIFYING A MERE ENTERTAINER AS IF HE WERE THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER WALKED ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. I REFUSE TO TAKE PART IN THE GLORIFICATION OF A FREAK, WHILE THE WORLD AROUND US IS BREAKING UP TO INTO PIECES. PEOPLE, PLEASE, GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT! WAKE UP NOW, BEFORE YOU WAKE UP INTO A WORLD YOU CAN NO LONGER IDENTIFY, A WORLD FILLED WITH OPRESSION, A WORLD FILLED WITH WAR, A WORLD UNLIKE ANY YOU EVER IMAGINED. AND THAT IS IF YOU DO WAKE UP, AS THE WAY WE ARE HEADING YOU MAY NEVER WAKE UP AT ALL!

READ THE LATEST NEWS IN REAL TIME!

OVER 200 LINKS TO VIRTUAL SOURCES OF THE LATEST NEWS AND COMMENTARY FROM THE WORLD'S FOREMOST NEWSPAPERS, NEWS AGENCIES, ELECTRONIC MEDIA, EXPERTS, COLUMNISTS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, THINK TANKS, AND BLOGGERS. ALSO SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON ALL SUBJECT MATTERS. COMMENTATORS INCLUDE.......: GLENN BECK, BILL BENNET, NEAL BOORTZ, BRENT BOZELL, MONA CHAREN, ALAN COLMES, WARD CONNERLY, ANN COULTER, MONICA CROWLEY, ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, LOU DOBBS, JAMES DOBSON, MAUREEN DOWD, DINESH D'SOUZA, LARRY ELDER, SUSAN ESTRICH, AL FRANKEN, MIKE GALLAGHER, NEWT GINGRICH, BERNARD GOLDBERG, JONAH GOLDBERG, SEAN HANNITY, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, MARGARET HOOVER, LAURA INGRAHAM, ALAN KELYES, CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, DAVID LIMBAUGH, RUSH LIMBAUGH, RICH LOWRY, BILL MAHER, MICHELLE MALKIN, CHRIS MATTHEWS, DENNIS MILLER, DICK MORRIS, KEITH OLBERMANN, BILL O'REILLY, LEONARD PITTS, JR., KIRSTEN POWERS, DENNIS PRAGER, DAVE RAMSEY, FRANK RICH, KARL ROVE, PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY, CAL THOMAS, GEORGE F. WILL, ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, JUAN WILLIAMS, AND MANY OTHERS................................. YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD, THE NATION, AND POLITICS AS YOU ENJOY YOUR MORNING COFFEE.

UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.........: BARACK H. OBAMA

THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT DESERVES OUR RESPECT, AS LONG AS THE PERSON WHO OCCUPIES IT RESPECTS IT AS WELL..........., HOWEVER, MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND NOT TO ONE MAN, WHOSE IDEOLOGY I STRONGLY OPPOSE..............., AND ALSO KEEP THIS IN MIND, SO YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED WHEN MAINSTREAM FREEDOM-LOVING AMERICANS REVOLT. ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT IS THE ARMED FORCES' 'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,' OUR SOLDIERS ONLY SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION, NOT TO THE PRESIDENT.........................., HE IS OUR PRESIDENT, NOT OUR KING. THAT MEANS THAT IF WE CITIZENS AND THE ARMED FORCES CONCLUDE THAT THIS PERSON IS VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION, THEN WE HAVE THE RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO DEFEND IT AT ALL COSTS AND DEPOSE HIM IF WE MUST..................................., ACCORDING TO OUR CONSTITUTION, A SOLDIER MUST REFUSE TO OBEY AN ORDER BY A SUPERIOR OFFICER IF SUCH ORDER VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION. REMEMBER THAT 236 YEARS AGO OUR FOREFATHERS REVOLTED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, WHOSE KING, (KING GEORGE III) LABELED WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, FRANKLIN AND THE REST 'ANARCHISTS' AND 'CRIMINALS.' WE NOW CALL THOSE MEN HEROES AND PATRIOTS.

BEATLES HOMAGE PAGES

BEATLES HOMAGE PAGES

BELOW YOU MAY ENJOY A TRIBUTE SLIDE SHOW OF THE BEATLES.

CLICK ON BEATLES ICON BELOW, AND YOU WILL BE TRANSPORTED ON A 'MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR' OF THEIR HISTORY:

1. THE BEATLES WEBSITE.
2. THE BEATLES BIOGRAPHY.
3. THE BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY.
4. JOHN'S TRIBUTE PAGE.
5. PAUL'S TRIBUTE PAGE.
6. GEORGE'S TRIBUTE PAGE.
7. RINGO'S TRIBUTE PAGE.
8. ICONS OF THEIR 37-ALBUM COLLECTION. (YES, 37!!)

A- UNDER EACH ALBUM YOU WILL FIND THE LIST OF ITS SONGS.
B- EACH SONG IS A LINK TO ITS MUSIC VIDEO!!

9. A PAGE LISTING EVERY BEATLES' SONG IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

A- BY CLICKING ON EACH NAME IN GREEN YOU MAY ENJOY ITS MUSIC VIDEO.
B- BY CLICKING ON EACH NAME IN YELLOW YOU MAY ENJOY ITS LYRICS.

AFTER THE TRIBUTE GALLERY:

10. THE TICKET STUB WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO A BEATLES 'REUNION CONCERT.'
11. THE NEXT ICON WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO EVERY BEATLES MUSIC VIDEO.
12. THE FOLLOWING ICON WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE LYRICS OF EVERY BEATLES SONG IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
13. 'THE END' TRIBUTE.SEVERAL PAGES DEDICATED TO THE GREATEST ROCK AND POPBAND OF ALL TIME.

ARMAGEDDON / APOCALYPSE UPON US

This song is from the 60's and illustrates the violence and drama from that era. With just a couple of minor changes it could very well describe the world as it is today.

The eastern world,
It is exploding
Violence flarin’,
Bullets loadin’
You’re old enough to kill,
But not for votin’
You don’t believe in war,
But what’s that gun you’re totin’
And even the Jordan River
Has bodies floatin’

But you tell me
Over and over And over again, My friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
Of destruction.

From 'Eve of Destruction,'
by Barry McGuire

MACARTHUR PARK LYRICS

YOU MAY ASK WHAT THE HECK THIS SONG IS DOING IN MY TV SECTION. I JUST HAD TO SQUEEZE IT IN SOMEWHERE AND ONE TV TRIBUTE ICON USES THIS SONG AS BACKGROUND.

A SONG YOU EITHER LOVE OR HATE

HATED BECAUSE OF MISUNDERSTOOD LYRICS.

MACARTHUR PARK........

MacArthur Park is one of those songs that are both considered among the best of all time by some and among the worst of all time by others.

There is no opinion in-between.

I for one consider it a great classic which brings back many sweet memories from that particular time.

The detractors, although they like the music, nevertheless feel that the lyrics are 'stupid' and make no sense.

The supporters claim that the offending lyrics are just metaphors for either a psychedelic trip gone bad, or the ending of a love affair.

I made a few alterations to the verses in question.

You be the judge.

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Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

(Alternate: Between feeling departed and depressed
In my mind, so feverished by the taking
Of wild mushrooms in my hands.)

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down

(Alternate: MacArthur park is melting in the dark
All the colored hues keep flowing down)

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

(Alternate: Someone left a cube out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Tho it took so long to make it
And I'll never feel that surreal thrill again
Oh, No!)

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

(break)

There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it

I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why

(break)

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!!

'McCARTHUR PARK,
'Composed by Jim Webb,
Sung by Richard Harris,
With alternate lyrics by me.
1968

THE CELLULOID OF MY LIFE

HOLLYWOOD

MY FAVORITE MOTION PICTURES AND ACTORS OF ALL TIME:

BELOW IS AN ICON, "HOLLYWOOD", WHICH WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO MY MOTION PICTURE PAGE, WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY A PHOTO GALLERYOF TODAY'S TOP ACTRESSES.

THERE IS ALSO AN ICON WHICH WILL TRANSPORT YOUTO MY EXTENSIVE LIST OF MY OVER 150 FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

YOU MAY ENJOYEACH MOVIE'S POSTER, PHOTOS OF THE ACTORS, AND FINALLY VIEW SOME OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE SCENES.

THERE ARE ALSO INDIVIDUAL TRIBUTES TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE FILMS, SUCH AS:

'CITY OF ANGELS,'
'SOMEWHERE IN TIME,'
'2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY,'
'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND,'
THE ROCK OPERA 'TOMMY,'
AND THE CULT CLASSIC,
'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.'

AND LAST, AND DEFINITELLYNOT LEAST, THERE ARE 10 PHOTO ICONS OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FROM THE 1960s, ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT.

EACH TRIBUTE PAGE CONTAINS A PHOTO GALLERY OF THE ACTRESS, THEIR BIOGRAPHY AND FILMOGRAPHY, AND SCENES FROM SOME OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE FILMS.

BUT FIRST YOU MAY ENJOY SLIDE SHOWS OF:

1. SOME OF THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
2. A GALLERY OF TODAY'S GREATEST ACTRESSES
3. A TRIBUTE TO MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME.

TODAY'S FAVORITE ACTRESSES

TODAY'S FAVORITE ACTRESSES

SLIDE SHOW OF TODAY'S FAVORITE ACTRESSES:

1. JESSICA ALBA
2. JENNIFER ANISTON
3. DREW BARRYMORE
4. JESSICA BEAL
5. KATE BECKINSALE
6. HALLE BERRY
7. CATE BLANCHETTE
8. SANDRA BULLOCK
9. JENNIFER CONNELLY
10. PENELOPE CRUZ
11. CAMERON DIAZ
12. MINIE DRIVER
13. JODIE FOSTER
14. ANNE HATHAWAY
15. GOLDIE HAWN
16. SELMA HAYEK
17. KATHERINE HEIGL
18. KATE HUDSON
19. HELEN HUNT
20. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
21. ANGELINA JOLIE
22. NICOLE KIDMAN
23. TEA LEONI
24. JENNIFER LOPEZ
25. ANDIE MACDOWELL
26. EVA MENDEZ
27. GWYNETH PALTROW
28. SARAH-JESSICA PARKER
29. JULIA ROBERTS
30. WYNONA RYDER
31. SUSAN SARANDON
32. MERYL STREEP
33. HILARY SWANK
34. CHARLIZE THERON
35. UMA THURMAN
36. KATE WINSLET
37. REESE WITHERSPOON
38. RENEE ZELLWEGER
39. CATERINE ZETA-JONES

MY FAVORITE ART AND ARTISTS

ART

MY ART GALLERY SITE

ENJOY A VIRTUAL ART SLIDE SHOW OF SOME OF THE BEST ART BY FERNANDO BOTERO, SALVADOR DALI, PETER MAX, LEROY NEIMAN, NORMAN ROCKWELL AND ANDY WARHOL.

THIS NEXT ICON WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO MY ART PAGE, WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY SOME OF THE GREATEST PAINTINGS OF ALL TIME.

EACH PAINTING HAS LINKS TO THE ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY, THEIR WEBSITE, AND A VIDEO EXHIBITION OF THEIR ART.

TO THE RIGHT YOU MAY CLICK ON ICONS TO VIEW A VIRTUAL TOUR OF ART GALLERIES.

LASTLY, THERE ARE FIVE ICONS REPRESENTING MY CHOICE OF THE FAVORITE MODERN ARTISTS OF MY GENERATION: FERNANDO BOTERO, SALVADOR DALI, LEROY NEIMAN, NORMAN ROCKWELL, ANDY WARHOL, ALONG WITH BIOGRAPHIES, VIDEOS AND EXTENSIVE GALLERIES OF THEIR ART.